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Raunak slowly stops the car in front of his house but at a good distance. He has a very wide smile on his face. He immediately turns to Adhyay and tells him.

"Don't you dare to come out bro…. Otherwise, I will kill you….. damn it feels so good when you dare to warn a lion....."

Raunak has stepped out while murmuring to himself, which is not heard by anyone in the car, but Raunak is becoming very happy with his own conversation. He places his hands on the frame of the window of the car, Adhyay looks at him and asks.

"Now what….."

But Raunak does not say anything to him and immediately opens the door in such a way that he is welcoming him into his new life. Adhyay laughs at his antics. He comes out but gives a glance towards Shravya who is sitting quietly while bowing her head down.

All the friends and cousins gathered around him. Adhyay does not understand at all why all of a sudden they are standing around him in such a way. And why are they not at the stairs of the entrance?

"What…. "

Raunak folds his arms across his chest and says very proudly.

"You are fond of lifting Bhabhi in your arms, then we thought why not your wish should be fulfilled now….. so my friend we know now you do not know how many times you are going to lift her…. but we are not there to be an audience so we thought…. That our sister-in-law will not keep her feet down while getting down from the car…. you will take our beloved sister-in-law in your arms from here to the main entrance of our house, where our ma is waiting for you with a platter of aarti….. ok Bhaiya…. "

Shravya who is sitting in the car is listening very well, she has a veil on her face but still, she tightly closes her eyes while just thinking about this thing, Adhyay will pick her up in his arms and take her from there in front of everyone, hearing that her heartbeat has become very fast.

It is not that Adhyay has not lifted her in his arms in front of everyone. But she always feels so shy around him. One can hear her heartbeat very easily by sitting close to her. Her heartbeat is so loud at the moment, she rubs her hands together lightly to calm her nerves down which are running like a bullet train.

She clutches her lehenga in her small fist, she tries to listen to whatever is going on outside. But it is hard now because they are a little bit away from her. As Adhyay drags them away after listening to them.

As Adhyay hears Raunak, he immediately smiles and hugs Raunak and drags him away from there lightly because he knows that Shravya is listening very well to all his words. He says to them.

"Today, for the first time, I am feeling so happy and proud that you are my friends who love to be mischievous all the time….. "

After saying this, Adhyay immediately leaves from there and stands at the door of the car next to Shravya, but here his friends scratch their heads and say to each other.

"Is he praising or insulting us in this…."

Siddhart who is standing beside his friends smiles looks at Adhyay and tells his friends.

"Of course he praised us, we have given such a good opportunity to take our sister-in-law in his arms…."

"Seriously….., but why did it feel as if there is a little insult in this praise?...."

Rohan, who is watching Adhyay silently, rests his elbow on Raunak's shoulder and tells his friends. All the friends look at each other and shrug their shoulders and immediately come to Adhyay.

Adhyay tries to get Shravya out of the car by opening the car door but immediately Raunak comes in front and grabs Adhyay's hand and stands in front of Shravya.

"Sir Ji, you have to take our lovely sister-in-law in your arms from here and go there. What are you doing?.... Why do you try to get her down from the car?"

Without wasting a second, Adhyay lightly pushes Raunak from there with a wink and immediately takes Shravya in his arms. Shravya also wraps her hands around his neck.

"Woooooo…… "

All friends are hooting together in happiness, Shravya holding his collar tightly from the backside and the other hand is also holding his sherwani tightly on his chest. Adhyay understands her condition, he holds her tightly to his chest and whispers in her ear.

"You are totally safe Saanjh, why are you panicking?"

Shravya has a veil on her face so she takes advantage of the veil and immediately tells Adhyay.

"Adhyay Ji, please try to understand the matter, take me down, it's not alright…. Try to understand a little what our elders will think....."

Adhyay understands everything very well. He knows why she is saying all this but Adhyay is also finding happiness in all these things. He looks at his parents and grandparents who have a smile on their faces and are looking at his side with pride. He immediately replied to her.

"I only mean my family's happiness and they are very happy to see both of us happy so I don't need to panic about anything."

Shravya relaxes a bit after listening to Adhyay's words, she loosens her grip on his sherwani. Adhyay also feels things very well. He smirks at this.

Reaching the entrance of his house, Adhyay very slowly brings her down from his arm with so much caution which is not unnoticed by anyone present there.

1 aunty- Look, Anjana, the girl has not come to the house yet, but your son is dancing to her rhythm.

Adhyay stares at that aunty but Anjana shakes her head and refuses to say anything to her with a big smile and looks at Shravya who is fidgeting her fingers in nervousness.

2 aunty- This is just the beginning, now let's look ahead, how many colors this boy will change?

But even for a minute, the smile has not disappeared from Anjana's lips. Revathi is staring at those women but does not say anything. So they both know very well that to say anything at this time is to spoil the atmosphere of happiness, so she just wants to keep quiet and welcome her new daughter-in-law. But still, Anjana says with a small smile.

"I am very happy to see that my son is dancing to the tune of my daughter-in-law…. The snow that was there for how many years had not melted even after seeing anyone, it has melted so much in the month that my iceberg(Adhyay) is smiling, so tell me why I will not be happy."

All the women immediately become silent after listening to Anjana's words. Adhyay smiles and looks at his mother. Revathi is feeling very proud of her daughter-in-law.

Anjana smiles and performs aarti for both of them with a platter of aarti and keeps an urn of rice in front and tells Shravya softly.

"Slowly drop this urn from your right foot and put your feet on the vermilion plate. Come inside with a beautiful smile on your face and enter in my house and make it yours forever….. "

Hearing Anjana's words, Shravya standing in a veil, her eyes filled with tears, but she cannot cry now, she smiles and slowly drops the urn from her right foot and comes inside while placing her right foot inside first.

A plate with vermilion(alta) is placed in front of her, she stands by keeping both her feet on that plate while handling her lehenga. When she comes to take out her feet from the plate Adhyay immediately holds her hand to support her, she also holds his hand tightly as they move inside slowly.

After coming inside the house, both of them are first taken to the temple where they can sit and worship their Kuldevi. After prayer, both sit face to face to play some games.

All the friends and cousins have also come inside with them, they are shouting loudly to encourage Adhyay to win in "Anguthi rasam".

Shravya still has a veil on her face but it is made of a transparent cloth due to which Shravya can see Adhyay who is smiling and looking at her.

Shravya cannot open the veil until the ritual of "muh dikhai" which is to be done only after "Anguthi rasam". These are some rituals that are done in the presence of elders.

A big deep plate is placed in front of both of them, which contains milk and rose petals. Raunak immediately sat beside Shravya and announced.

"From today I am always going to be by my sister-in-law's side, no matter what the problem may be, I am always going to support my sister-in-law, so brother, I have given a lot of my support to you, but now it is our turn to support our sister-in-law, so be beware from us, right bhabhi…. "

Shravya smiles, and shakes her head at his words, and starts looking at Adhyay from her veil who is already looking at her side while cocking up his eyebrow.

She smilingly presses her lower lip between her teeth which is clearly seen by Adhyay, he mutters under his breath.

"Don't do this…. "

Siddharth who is sitting next to him, immediately says while patting his back.

"Why don't do this…. You should win all the chances of the game, It's a question of our honor."

Adhyay looked at him anonymously and said with a fake smile.

"The pleasure in sitting beside me and listening to all my words is probably the essence of your life…."

"Of course dude….. your whole life you have scared people with your scary look and today someone has come to scare you in your life, so how can we not enjoy this situation of yours?"

Siddharth says with a wide smile on his face and Rohan joins him while nodding his head with a bright smile, Adhyay also smiles widely and says.

"If you give permission shall we play…"

Rithika sits in front of the plate between the two. She has a ring in her hand. She puts the ring on slightly over the plate and suddenly leaves, it straight drops in the milk. They both start searching for rings while putting their hands into the milk.

Shravya gets the ring immediately. As soon as she is about to take out her hand with the ring in her hand, Adhyay immediately holds her hand and stops her. She looks at him, he is smiling but not leaving her head. Raunak shouted in support of Shravya.

"Ma look at your boy, bhabhi has got the ring but he has grabbed sister-in-law's hand in it so that she can't take out the ring."

Before Anjana says anything, Rohan shows his finger to Raunak and tells him.

"The game is, who takes out the ring first of the two if your player has got the ring, then it does not mean that she has won, after taking the ring out from the platter, only when she shows it to everyone, then she will be called winning…. Understand you, dumb fellow."

"Come on bhabhi get the ring out…."

"Adhyay you have to win… "

Supporters from both sides are constantly shouting to encourage their players. Adhyay is not ready to leave her hand and she is constantly struggling. Adhyay smiles at her struggle, he is enjoying her softness a lot, it is not difficult for him to handle a fragile girl like Shravya.

At last, Shravya leaves the ring, Adhyay immediately takes the ring out from the platter, and the members of his side are very happy, but suddenly they all get silent.

Adhyay immediately holds Shravya's hand in his hands and closes her fist by placing the ring on her palm. The clapping and whistles resonate loudly in the environment.

The elders of the family here could not stay without smiling after seeing this work of Adhyay. Shravya feels more shy, after playing with so much enthusiasm it is time to muh dikhai.

The ladies of the house take Shravya away from there to another room for this ritual, Adhyay keeps Watching her till she completely disappears from his sight, and with that, the smile on his face also disappears.

Here is an update I hope you guys like it please let me know.

The next one is their wedding night. Who is waiting for that?

Shravya is very shy, what will she do when he is in front of him.

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